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Stand-up comic John Bishop and veteran actor Sir Ian McKellen will be in Cardiff this spring in Mother Goose

Hundreds of high-profile figures from the global cinema industry called Wednesday for Iran to release actor Taraneh Alidoosti, who was jailed over her support for the country's three-month-old protest movement. Actors Emma Thompson, Penelope Cruz, Kate Winslet and Ian McKellen and directors Ken Loach and Mike Leigh were among a…

Oh yes we did! As Christmas draws closer and Pantomime season is in full swing, we have put together a long list of the shows starring some of the nations favourite celebrities, from West End regulars to Strictly stars, find them all here!

Sir Ian McKellen and John Bishop star in Mother Goose at Duke Of York’s Theatre

This gleeful, willfully slapdash affair moves to the West End this Thursday

Panto finds dame and co-star John Bishop in need of a boost and better jokes, though song and dance performers give it unruly energy

Dickie Beau offers a merry miscellany, featuring stories from Ian McKellen and Fiona Shaw, in a meditation on theatre that is closer to possession than parody

Ian McKellen in Mother Goose, Robin Hood as a rock’n’roll panto, a circus spin on The Little Prince and glitter galore … it’s our selection box of festive theatre

The Bel-Air star spent 14 years with foster parents after his mother and father divorced. As he revisits his childhood for a documentary, he talks about the family he lost and regained – and the loving home he found along the way

Since being established in 1972, one of the largest volunteer-led events in Europe has staged radio appeals, hosted Christmas dinner at Sir Ian McKellen’s pub, and offered guests samba lessons and more

Veteran thespian insists they are a great way of getting kids to go to the theatre